The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-22
HOME AND FARM.

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 Cream Cake: Two cupfuls sugar; one cupful of water; six eggs; three cupfuls flour; two teaspoonfuls baking powder. Toledo Blade.
 A few drops of ammonia in hard water will not only soften it but will re- move dirt better than soap. Itis always a good article to use when bathing the person, and the water in which it is diluted makes an excellent stimulent to house and other plants.-Ihe House. hold.
 No implement on the farm will pay for itself sooner than good cutter. The proper preparation of the feed is very important matter. It not only saves in quantity, but gives better results in yield of milk, beef, wool and other ami maj products.-N E. Fdrnaer.
 To sweep room without raising dust, scatter damp grass or dampened bits of paper over the carpet. This not only prevents the flying of dust, but saves the carpet from wear and tear. Either grass or paper is better than tea leaves or bran (often recommendeD, as the former leaves no stain or spot Good Housekeeping.
 Ice weighs as ordinarily packed about fifty pounds to the cubic feet. At one hundred pounds day for the ordi- nary consumption of a farm dairy, ton would be used up in twenty days. A ton and half a month is a moderate supply to have. From this the farmer can easily calculate the amount to be stored, allowing twenty per cent. for waste.-BOSton Bulletin.
 Pound Cake: One pound of four, one pound of butter, one pound of sugar, four eggs and two teaspoonfuls extract of lemon. Beat the butter to cream, add the sugar and flour, mix well; add the extract and well-beaten eggs and ..at the mixture twenty minutes. Line cake-tin with buttered paper, and bake in moderate oven.-Ihe Caterer.
 While much of the original forest remained, with only few clearings, it was great protection to wheat by hold ing snow evenly over the surface dur ing the coldest weather. Now the winds have such sweep that most of the snow is drifted in the banks to the fences, where it does more harm than good. On prairie soil wheat is always best next the fences. CleUeldnd Leader.
 The plants which one adopts in rotation of crops must correspond to the nature of the climate, and of the soil, and to the circumstances of the farm, and be so arranged, one after another, according to the degree of manure in which the field is, that the culture of the preceding fruit may leave the soil in such a state that the cultiva- ton of the after-fruit may require no extraordinary labor and care upon it. Detroit Tribune.
 -Tapioca cream pudding is simply made and is very nice: Soak two tablespoonfuls of tapioca in half a pint of milk over night; in the morn ing beat the yells of three eggs very light and mix them with the tapioca and cup of sugar; stir into one quart of boiling milk and boil for five minutes; flavor with lemon or vanilla, and when cool put the whites of the eggs beaten to froth on the top Boston Budget.
 The theory of Dr. Wilson. of Meriden, that the burning of kerosene oil has something to do with diphtheria, is in- teresting. There were seventy-one deaths from diphtheria in the town of Meriden in one year, and by personal investigation Dr. Wilson found that in every case the family used kerosene lamps. There were many other cases in Meriden that year, the spread of the disease being from contagiOn. But not in single case where gas or candles were used was there a death from that disease.-Neo0 HaUen Journal.
 In potting plants, first be careful that your pot is quite clean; then take a piece of broken crock, place at the bottom, over the hole, then add few more, after which place in little soil; then put in your plant, being sure that you do not get it too deep, put in little soil, keeping your plant well in the cen ter of your pot; press down firmly with the thumb of the right hand, and so till within one inch of the top. Always put the plant in the shade, after giving a good watering, for a day or two.- CRicuqO Tribune.